 Downes in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1991-03-12) 12 March 1991 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Melon Mobile RealPay Pro Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2017 | Luso Pro Cycling |
| 2017 | Karan Beef |
| 2018 | Team BCX |
| 2018 | Team Martigues SC–Drag Bicycles |
| 2020–2024 | TEG Pro Cycling Team[1] |
| 2025– | Melon Mobile RealPay Pro Cycling |
| Professional team | |
| 2019 | TEG Pro Cycling Team |
Brandon Downes (born 12 March 1991) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for club team Melon Mobile RealPay Pro Cycling.
Before pursuing cycling, Downes studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he earned a degree in architecture while playing amateur hockey.[2]
Major results
- 2018
- 1st 947 Cycle Challenge
- 2019
- 4th GP Al Massira, Les Challenges de la Marche Verte
- 2020
- 2nd Tour of Good Hope
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2021
- 1st Overall Mpumalanga Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall Tour du Cap
- 2022
- 1st Overall Tour du Cap
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Tour de Windhoek
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Mpumalanga Tour
- 2023
- 2nd Overall Tour du Cap
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Tour de Windhoek
- 1st Prologue & Stages 1 & 4
- 2024
- African Road Championships
- African Games
- 2nd Overall Tour de Windhoek
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Panorama Tour
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 2025
- 1st Tour de Limpopo
- 2nd Overall Tour du Cap
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
- ^ "Brandon Downes". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "The architect who won Joburg's biggest cycling race". inthebunch.co.za. 25 May 2020.
External links
- Brandon Downes at UCI
- Brandon Downes at Cycling Archives
- Brandon Downes at ProCyclingStats
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